, 1887-03-03
KIND word for the rAns,

Under the head of "The Rage for
Smelters's the Portland OregO nian
has the following kindly words for
Spokane Falls in the effotts Of Its
people to secure an industry Vt this
description. The article Is repro
duced because it is rare occurrence
that this place Is recognized As wor-
thy OF consideration as a growing
city By its metropolitan neiehbor,
and more particularly because there
is In a great measure fairness in
the article.
"Nearly every interior town OF suf-
ficient Importance to support a news
paper is clamoring for the establish
ment of a smelling plant. The peO.
pie of Spokane Falls haye heen par
ticularly interested in the tnatter,
and a project Is assuming definite
shape to build such an institution in
that favored place. The Chronicle
and REVIEW have marshHlled the
arguments with skill and persistence,
and have shown that their city real
ly possesses exceptional advantages
for smelling. 1t Is true that there
are very rich mines tributary 10 Spo-
kane Falls, because 1t lies mid
way between Colville AMI Occur
d'Alene, which are two of the rich
est camps In the world, and Ia a bus
mess center for perhaps the most eX-
tensive though undeveloped and un..
prospected region in the United
States-a region IN which there is
ample room for dozen more great
camps. The new discovery OF cook
ing coal at Roslin, only l50 miles or
so from the Falls, Is another enorm-
Gus advantage, and solves favOrably
what has been an impOrtGpt Ques-
ton i'm the minds of several smelt-
ing people who studied the advan-
tages Of Spokane Falls lohg before
her citizens awakened to the subject
at all. To digress little, IL il n fact
that n smelling establishment would
before this have been put up at that
city, with a heavy backing 0f capital
had the investor been assured of
safety from railroad extOrtiOu
"There is plenty ofwood, cbarcoal,
ETC., to he had cheaply; limestone
and iron ore suitable fOt f1uxing
have been recently discovered, near
by; and there Is ample watet power
at hand. There Is an nnIlinlted
quantity of ore to be had, bit II is an
important matter that 1t IL all lead
ore; not u pound of dry ore 20 enrich
tie bullion with. Two oatlOhds of
the COeur d. Alene ore will hGaks one
car load OF bullion, which viii then
require to be shipped eastward 2)O0
miles or sOuthwestward Y 1000 TO
market, and there Is no ggarantee
test nos ainehS tae J. III: r. liis,DSSa G ~.'t oa.
freight rate Of portentious i'm
pendaees of railroads, properly
speaking, and ure virtually con-
(. trolied by them. To do u BUSINESS
worth doing, the establishment must
be independent of railroad inter-
ference. Competing lines OF rail way
are of prime Importance, and hre all
that Spokane needs in order 10 be-
come almost as good a place for
smelling as Portland. There Is no
other town or locality in the interior
that possesses tithe of the adVant.
ages Of Spokane Falls, and none i'm
which smelter could exist for
month In direct competition with
her: nor, on the other hand, could
her smeiter make head against the
great smelling concerns which are
sure to grow up at favorable points
on tide water. Still, for two or three
years, until the latter get into opera
tion, there will be very good 0ppor-
| tunities to make money In isrs citing
at such places as Little Falls, SpO-
kane, etc, provided that rstlt0ad
neutrality can lie assured, Ulti-
mately,. however, such outfits must
be swallowed up of staryeJ osAt BY
smelling vii bnild' up on ths Will.
annette and Puget sound.
Much money II not t0 b. tuNsde BY